Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 46 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 46 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada on Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 5:09 AM PST (13:09 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 31 km SE of Rachel, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-02-23 13:09:45 UTC
Depth
0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.872° N, 116.192° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Station coverage gap
190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.631 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2048 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.846 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2047 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.431 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2044 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.513 km SW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2043 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.629 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2042 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.7Nevada · 2034 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.533 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2023 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.133 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2023 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.445 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.540 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2016 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.724 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2013 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.619 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 1991 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 1.729 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 2050 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.546 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2051 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.623 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2071 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.724 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.791 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2078 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00801048. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC.